When I was still young and single and slowly wising up about the Truths of Life, I stumbled across a life-changing personal revelation after pondering whether or not I should break up with my then-boyfriend. My thought process went something like the following: There isn’t really anything wrong with [Boyfriend]. There’s not really anything seriously …
When my dad called me a few weeks back asking if we would be able to make it out to Moab on a weekend getaway with him and my stepmom and the rest of my siblings, I was nothing but excited–I had wanted to go to Moab again for years, and I conveniently had enough …
So…there may or may not be 16 pictures in this post of 10 on 10. Oops. (But about 5 of them are concerning her new birthday toys, so really those should all count as one. Yeah, I know—my justification skills are amazing.) Of course, if I were really amazing, I would cut it down to …
Marriage always requires taking a risk because no matter how well you think you know someone or how long you date someone, only time and experience and the experience of a shared life will expose someone’s true character to you. Lucky for me, Matt is good and honest and true down to his core, and …
Last year on Mother’s Day, I was so new to the whole motherhood thing that I described it as feeling like I knew I was a mother, but I didn’t feel like a “Mom with a capital M” yet. Sure, I’d managed to keep us all alive for a few weeks, but I was in …
Here we are, almost a month late, but better late than never, right? Actually, this will be the last of the monthly updates, mostly just because I (obviously) have a hard time keeping up on them. The photo shoots have gotten pretty crazy (both in execution and in editing), and I think any updates from …
I had a different post planned for tonight, but the thing about tragedy striking is that it’s always unexpected, which is what makes it so difficult to process. About an hour ago, I checked my phone and got the message that a fellow teacher at my school had died during a rock climbing accident while …
We’ve got a busy weekend planned, which is why you’ll find me tonight with my butt planted firmly on the couch, soaking in as much “nothingness” as possible (especially after my insane week of end-of-level testing and end-of-month loose ends to all get accomplished). While busy weekends are what eventually make for the best memories, …
